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Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917), known as the Grand Old Man of India, was a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader. He was a Liberal Party member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895, and the first Indian to be a British MP,[1][2]notwithstanding the Anglo-Indian MP David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre, who was disenfranchised for corruption.
Dadabhai Naoroji
दादाभाई नौरोजी
Dadabhai Naoroji c. 1889
Member of Parliament
for Finsbury CentralIn office
1892–1895Preceded byFrederick Thomas PentonSucceeded byWilliam Frederick Barton Massey-MainwaringMajority3Personal detailsBorn4 September 1825
Bombay, British IndiaDied30 June 1917 (aged 91)
Bombay, British IndiaPolitical partyLiberalOther political
affiliationsIndian National CongressSpouse(s)GulbaaiResidenceLondon, United KingdomAlma materUniversity of MumbaiProfessionAcademician, politicianCommitteesLegislative Council of MumbaiSignature
Naoroji is also credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress, along with A.O. Hume and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India[2] brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain. He was also a member of the Second International along with Kautsky and Plekhanov .
In 2014, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegginaugurated the Dadabhai Naoroji Awards for services to UK-India relations.[3]
India Post dedicated a stamp to Naoroji on 29 December 2017, on the occasion of his 100th death anniversary.
Dadabhai Naoroji
दादाभाई नौरोजी
Dadabhai Naoroji c. 1889
Member of Parliament
for Finsbury CentralIn office
1892–1895Preceded byFrederick Thomas PentonSucceeded byWilliam Frederick Barton Massey-MainwaringMajority3Personal detailsBorn4 September 1825
Bombay, British IndiaDied30 June 1917 (aged 91)
Bombay, British IndiaPolitical partyLiberalOther political
affiliationsIndian National CongressSpouse(s)GulbaaiResidenceLondon, United KingdomAlma materUniversity of MumbaiProfessionAcademician, politicianCommitteesLegislative Council of MumbaiSignature
Naoroji is also credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress, along with A.O. Hume and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India[2] brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain. He was also a member of the Second International along with Kautsky and Plekhanov .
In 2014, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegginaugurated the Dadabhai Naoroji Awards for services to UK-India relations.[3]
India Post dedicated a stamp to Naoroji on 29 December 2017, on the occasion of his 100th death anniversary.
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